Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23222, Jonathan Ford, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Ford, Jonathan or Ford
NUMBER S - 23222
CONTENTS

4809
New York
Jonathan Ford
of Germantown in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Reed — of the Regt. — commanded by Col. Waterbury in the Connecticut — line for 9 months — — — — —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars — 60 per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of January. 1833 — — — and Rev. Mr. H. P. Tracy H. of R.
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832 $ 45 Semi-ann. allowance ending Jan y 33 15 $ 60
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. H. Stiles Clerk Book D. Vol. 5 Page 84

Dear Sirs, Apr. 19. 1834 to Hon. G. W. Lay H.R.L. J. Fleming P. Agt.

Snathan Fork of New York
admitted
Rev. S. Tracy

BRIEF in the case of Jonathan Ford of Alexander  of Linnane in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 86  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Mark In 1775 9 Private Gen. Capt Reed, Col Watkins Major Kobbie Gen Montgomery  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? at St Johns  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Fairfield Co Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. M. [Signature] Examining Clerk  July 19 1833

Jonathan Ford, Alexander Declaration—
18342 V
Please make returns to Horace W. Soper Patawomac Fauquier Co A. L.
admitted
9 mo private
30  4

Declaration of Jonathan Ford, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832. State of New York
Genesee County ss On this seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared, in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Genesee, being a court of record and having a seal, now sitting in the town of Batavia in and for the county of Genesee, Jonathan Ford, a resident of the town of Alexander in the said County of Genesee and State of New York, aged eighty six years on the twentieth day of September in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That on the first day of March 1775 he enlisted as a private soldier in the Connecticut State Service, that at the time of his enlistment he resided in New Stratford, in Fairfield County in the State of Connecticut, that Salomon Root was his captain - Sanford was Lieutenant and Benjamin Nichols was ensign - was attached to a regiment commanded by Col. Waterbury and that Hobbie was Major - that he enlisted for nine months, and marched immediately to Horseneck and staid there about ten weeks and then marched to New York and encamped about one half of a mile above the city, a few weeks and that then they embarked on board of sloops and went up the River to Albany and then marched to Fort Anne and thence to Schenectady and there embarked on board of boats and went to Peadyonga and remained there four or five weeks and made boats to transport the army to the north - we then embarked and went to Isle aux Noix and remained there about a week and then went to St Johns and had a small skirmish with the Indians and lost three men - we retreated to the boats and there threw up a breastwork and remained a short time expecting a reinforcement, but did not receive any and then went back to Isle aux Noix and remained there about a week, when we received a reinforcement, and marched back to St Johns under Gen. Montgomery, who had the command of the expedition - we then laid siege to the Fort and had frequent skirmishes with the enemy

and passed the siege of the Fort, which surrendered some time in October — that during the siege he endured great hardships and suffered greatly from the inclemency of the weather and from being ill provided — after receiving the fort, ammunition &c, he marched back to Prendergast and was there entirely discharged — that at this time most if not all of the nine months men were discharged — that he served all of the nine months for which he enlisted — that he thinks he was discharged in the month of November or the first part of December —
That he was born on the 20 th September 1746 in the town of then  now Hampton, in Windham County, Connecticut — that he thinks the town is now called Hampton — that he has a record of his age in his title, which he copied from the records of the town clerk of Canada aforesaid — that he has no documentary evidence of his services and that he knows of no person living by whom he can prove his services — that after the war he lived in New Stratford aforesaid seven or eight years and that he then moved to New Milford and lived there upwards of forty years and then went to Alexander where he now lives and has lived about six years —
That there is no clergyman in his neighborhood who is acquainted with him, that Kellogg Belding and John Wilkinson live in his neighborhood and are acquainted with him and can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief in his services in the revolution. — That he never received any commission or discharge. —
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. —
I swore to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid —
Timothy Fitch Clerk
Jonathan Ford
We, Kellogg Belding and John Wilkinson, residing in the town of Alexander in the County of Genesee and State of New-York, and in the neighborhood of Jonathan Ford, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with the said Jonathan Ford, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be eighty six years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the

revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. — Sworn and subscribed the day of and year aforesaid —
Kellogg Belvoir John Wilkinson Timothy Fitch Clerk
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that there is no clergyman residing in the neighborhood of said applicant who is acquainted with him and that Kellogg Belvoir and John Wilkinson are residents of the town of Alexander and in the neighborhood of the said applicant, and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Isaac Wilson Robert Carrill James Saggart William Mitchell
I, Timothy Fitch, Clerk of the Court of Court of Common Pleas of the county of Genesee in the State of New York do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Ford for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventeenth day of October 1832.
Timothy Fitch Clerk

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Jonathan Foard or Ford a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. file 23222
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mch. 1. 1775 9 mos. Pri. Zalmon Reed Waterbury Conn.         No other service alleged.  
Battles engaged in, siege of St Johns & frequent skirmishes.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Britain, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 17. 1832.
Residence at date of application, Alexander, Genesee Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Sept. 20. 1746. Canada, Conn.
Remarks: His claim was allowed - No aud for death etc.

To the Commissioner - Bureau of Pensions.
Dear Sir, -
Enclosed is some information concerning a revolutionary ancestor of born mine, Jonathan Fnd. - and as I have searched the libraries here & in Conn - & cannot find the necessary data I was told perhaps you could supply it - I hope kindly fill in the questions on the reverse

side of the enclosed sheet. — Thanking you in advance for your kindness, I am sincerely,
(Mrs) Elizabeth Norton Bailey, care P. R. Norton, Haven Court — 180 St & Broadway, New York City.
Feb. 9- 1911. —

Jonathan Fnd enlisted in May 1775 and served as private in Capt. Salmon Read's Co. in the 5 th reg. under Col. Dana Watrous. This regiment was raised on the first call for troops by the legislature in April & May 1775. It was encamped at Harlem during its summer and in Sept 1775 under orders from Congress was marched under Gen. Schuyler to the Northern Dept. and took part in the operations along Lake George and Champlain. Much sickness prevailed in this command and many soldiers were discharged or furloughed in Oct. & Nov. Jonathan Fnd received his discharge Nov. 28, 1775.
He re-enlisted Jan. 1, 1781 in the fourth regiment Connecticut line" under Col. Salmon Bates. Service on the Hudson and possibly at the siege of York- town. When on Aug. 19 Washington began its famous movement southward that ended in the surrender of Yorktown in addition to the French troops he took with him (one) a portion of the Continental Army.

? then concentrated at Phillipsburg, leaving its remainder under Gen. Hark, & held the Highlands. Ten of its thirty- six companies of the Connecticut Line were in the army that invaded Yorktown Authority.
Record of Connecticut men in the war of the Revolution. Pages 71, 340, 302-305. (See National Number. 31974.)
This Jonathan Ford.—
When & where born?—
When & where died.
When & where married.—
Name of wife.—
Children
Names Date of birth To whom married James.— Sally Ford.—
rec FEB 18 1911

Revolution
23222 INVALID.
1911 Feby 17. Hiet to Mrs. Elizabeth M. Bailey
File No. 23222
Jonathan Ford
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1777
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 145
[Arrangement of 1870.]